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Looks flexy
Those days pop into my head periodically and I'll start laughing at some of the goofy shit we did or said....
Yeah been a few minutes....
At the beginning of Covid I had a fire sale of old shit laying around to buy my Evil Offering. First thing I sold was a set of EX823's laced to some Hope Big Un's, and a Stratos S7. The beginning of the DH wave was the best!
Ha, I gave a mate a pair of wheels with Middleburn hubs and told him at some point the rear one will die, possibly in a big way, because they were shit.
About six months ago he gave me the back wheel back and the hub was dead, I think the axle flexes so much that the drive shits out.
The front hub had caps that were held in by some Enduro seals, so pretty much every time you put the wheel in to the fork a cap would drop out.
EDIT- I think the rear axle also had 9mm stubs on it so it could move around in the DO which probably didn't help.
Again, pretty much every British bike product I have had has been shit.
Cranks rocked. Didn't know they had hubs
Yeah, they were as shit as the cranks.
Never understood the draw of middleburn cranks, as in, how are these any different than any other cranks made out of solid metal?, like RF Turbine/Atlas, Truvative Holzfellers, FSA, etc...I mean, they are british..but apart from that, there seem to be numerous cranks that would do the same exact thing...
I think Middleburn jumped on the "made in UK" bandwagon exploited by Orange, Hope and many others back in the day, just as Intense*, Cannondale, Zzyxxz (??) and many others peddled the "made in America" motto. It's called chauvinism, and makes a nice portion of advertising.
* (until they went to Asia and never looked back)
* (until they went to Asia and never looked back)
I think it is called "I actually feel comfortable living in the country I am manufacturing my things because I am not just gonna outsource the dirty work and pollute someone else's place and exploit their workforce for my profit".
For the record: I have no problems with e.g. a chinese company producing in China or a taiwanese company in Taiwan. But these "Designed in the USA....manufactured in Asia" companies should just stop their BS.
Yes, and I completely support the idea of domestic manufacturing, for the added benefits of local support, enhanced/skilled workforce and general economic improvements! I'm referring specifically to some brands who peddle the "made in XXX" as a way to add prestige to some inferior product. Case in point, Middleburn. I recall a friend lusting over those cranks back in the day, and then fitting them to his Kona Kilauea. Gosh those things might have looked good, but they performed awfully!
Still better than companies advertising "handmade" bikes. As opposed to what? How many high end bikes are welded by robots? It's like claiming non GMO water.
WHERE IS MY REP SYSTEM WHEN I NEED IT MOST!!!!
That remind’s Jm,talking about a Lust for a Set of Crank’s. What was that Beautiful One Piece Crank(Spindle Drive Side Crank) years back? Was it Moot’s that made it? I think it was like 700 Dollars or more,was it Ti? Very Clean it was,no more info otherwise. Can not remember who made it?
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I do not know how you fount him,but Thank You. Dave was on the Very Top of my List of pure Hate as a Rider. He had a way of being sooo Smooth while riding what to me was impossible? I remember The RedBull GingerByne(sp?)Ausi,Ausi,Ausi. The First one on a Dam,or the Land of a Dam. I spoke to the Man himself who filmt it. VHS,he took my bank card and all. I Love that to this Day,have ya all seen it? Where Wade got a Flat on his Last Run? Shit,I got Brake Pump just watching it! Straight Down it was. Dave was on a Foes,it came Very Late,airplane trouble. He was not Himself. On his Last Drop I thought he was goin Die of the Huge Drop. He somehow got it together but Flew into the Hay Bail’s at the finish line. Off his Bike he went. Just some thought’s I had.
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Yes,that sounds right. How much, and we’re they Ti? I got a find a picture.
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Zumbi?
There's one for sale close to us that a buddy is looking at.
Decent? Any known issues? Support?
There's one for sale close to us that a buddy is looking at.
Decent? Any known issues? Support?
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I had one for 10 minutes, maybe 20. I really liked the suspension on it- fairly "linearly progressive" and mine had an avy shock on it that really performed well with the suspension.
Issues- reservoir/swingarm clearance, and the assembly of the bearings/linkages can be a bear. There were some linkage flex issues that were resolved with a brace- that one doesn't seem to have the brace but it appears newer so it may have been resolved. @w00dy hated his for some reason, but I thought it was because sizing was way off what he expected. Mine was "fine" but this was in the day of short DH bikes, not 500mm reach measurements.
Linkage Design
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tl;dr would buy and shred until it fell apart.
ive always had a seemingly irrational desire for one of those framesI had one for 10 minutes, maybe 20. I really liked the suspension on it- fairly "linearly progressive" and mine had an avy shock on it that really performed well with the suspension.
Issues- reservoir/swingarm clearance, and the assembly of the bearings/linkages can be a bear. There were some linkage flex issues that were resolved with a brace- that one doesn't seem to have the brace but it appears newer so it may have been resolved. @w00dy hated his for some reason, but I thought it was because sizing was way off what he expected. Mine was "fine" but this was in the day of short DH bikes, not 500mm reach measurements.
Linkage Design
tl;dr would buy and shred until it fell apart.
Thank You,what does he ride? Is it Free for him? A recent Picture would be grand. He is Savage.
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last thing i remember actually hearing about nathan rennie is that he got a dui. couple years ago.
he did turn up on the vintage dh forum a few times as well.
he did turn up on the vintage dh forum a few times as well.
that said, what happened to steve romaniuk???
Whatever happened to Insane Wayne Croasedale?
He was auctioning some of his stuff off last year, jerseys and helmets. Got decent money but they were beat to fuck and imo mostly worthless.
Risky. I don't know if the newer models like this are sorted but old ones had a fuckton of issues. Not sure about the geo. I know the owner is starting some new company that looks pretty good so I hope it works out but used Zumbis are a lottery since earlier models used to have Intense M6 level of geometry consistency.
Corsair?
I never knew much about them. But I found this old article and some of their ideas have been in the back of my head for a while. Like using different suspension designs for different types of riding? Besides patented ones.
Others seem to catching on now like a high idler pulley.
I never knew much about them. But I found this old article and some of their ideas have been in the back of my head for a while. Like using different suspension designs for different types of riding? Besides patented ones.
Others seem to catching on now like a high idler pulley.
Did they not have some horrendous alignment issues?
Eating of bearings and idler pulley's rings a bell.
I always thought the ideas were good, but execution was a little soviet.
Eating of bearings and idler pulley's rings a bell.
I always thought the ideas were good, but execution was a little soviet.
i seem to recall cracking as well.